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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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